Sputnik 1 was sent into orbit in 1957 by the Soviets.
John Glenn's first spacecraft was called Friendship 7.
The first spacecraft to land on the moon was called the Eagle, after the novel of Jules Verne called From the earth to the moon.
The first spacecraft on the moon was called Eagle. After the Jules verne spacecraft.
John Glenn's spacecraft was called Friendship 7
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.
The Lunar module was called the Eagle.
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
The first manned flight to the moon was on an Apollo spacecraft launched by America.
The first winged spacecraft was the Space Shuttle, developed and operated by NASA. The Space Shuttle made its first orbital flight in 1981 and was used for various missions, including transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
The First spacecraft was the MESSENGER. The First spacecraft was the MESSENGER.
The first spacecraft to orbit the Earth was called Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.
"The first rocket was the Sputnik...." Here we go again... NO It Wasn't! The first Spacecraft with a human to go into space was the Russian Satellite called 'Vostok', or 'Vostok 3KA'. 'Sputink', is the Russian word for 'Satellite', it was NOT the Name of the spacecraft. imagine if every Russian called 'Apollo 18' ... 'Satilite' with a heavy russian accent... DRrr Not. It Also was not the first spacecraft! the Russians launched a bunch of Dogs and crap up there first... there were many spacecrafts that went up before 'Vostok'.